gas alam

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of gas (“gas”) +‎ alam (“nature”), a calque of English natural gas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡas ˈalam/

Noun

gas alam (first-person possessive gas alamku, second-person possessive gas alammu, third-person possessive gas alamnya)

1. natural gas.

   Synonym: gas bumi

   Synonym: gas asli (Standard Malay)

Further reading

• “gas alam” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.